FEATURE | Everything New in Yakuza Remastered Collection
The Yakuza Remastered Collection brings together Yakuza 3, 4 and 5 into one bundle with the fifth installment of the Yakuza Remastered Collection available digitally now. To commemorate the release, let's look into some of the improvements Sega put into the collection.
Graphics and Performance upgraded
All three games in the collection have received graphical and performance upgrades, from 720p at 30fps to 1080p at 60fps. Check out the video below for how the game look now.
Updated Localisation Script
All three games have gone through a rigorous re-localisation process. The English scripts for each game have been reviewed, revised, and even rewritten in some cases, and content previously cut from the Western releases of Yakuza 3, 4, and 5 have been re-added in The Yakuza Remastered Collection.
Cut Mini-Game Reinserted
In Yakuza 3, this means the Mahjong, Shogi, Massage Parlor, and ever-popular Cabaret minigames, as well as a collection of Substories cut from the original release, are now available in the West for the first time.
Yakuza 5 is available in phyiscal format for the first time.
Originally released digitally for the PS3, this release marks the first time Yakuza 5 will be available in a physical format in the West. After five years since the game's original release, series collectors can finally fill the gap in their library with a genuine, collectible Yakuza 5 PS3 Amaray case. Though limited in print, the collection are available here.
Quality of Life Changes
Several quality-of-life changes have also been added for each release in the collection, including a Substory tracker on the map and the ability to toggle between English and Japanese written lyrics during Karaoke.
To celebrate the launch, Sega released a dynamic theme featuring series protagonist Kazuma Kiryu's iconic dragon tattoo, available for free to all owners of The Yakuza Remastered Collection.
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